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skinhead

Member of an international youth subculture characterized by hair and dress styles evoking aggression and physical toughness. Typical skinhead style includes shaved heads, combat boots, tattoos, and prominent body piercings. Skinheads first appeared in working-class areas of London in the 1960s; during the 1970s and '80s the skinhead phenomenon spread to Australia, North America, and western Europe. In many countries, skinheads are regarded as extreme right-wing nationalists who espouse anti-Semitic and other racist views and engage in violent attacks on immigrants and racial minorities. This characterization, however, does not apply to all members of the subculture.



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Approximately a dozen white supremacists, including four skinheads carrying Nazi swastika flags, gathered on the other side.
Extras include director, producer and actor commentary, behind-the-scenes featurette, deleted scenes, Guardian interview with Shane Meadows at BFI Southbank, director and producer interviews, Production Departments: Hair, Make-Up and Costumes featurette, crew interviews and rehearsals footage, production design essays on skinheads and The Falklands War, cast biographies, theatrical trailer.
Byline: By Neil McKay Police are hunting two skinheads who have been terrorising youngsters in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, over the Bank Holiday weekend.
 
 
 
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